alt Hacker NewsWhen I read things like this I glimplse the enormous cultural gulf between generations. I instictively want to take the side of the underdog in most situations. But in this case, I do not find the protagonist very sympathetic. But clearly, many young people feel otherwise. The world is a-changing.
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ryandrake • yesterday at 9:39 PM
Yea, I had the same first reaction. But, then I thought: If this were run through a program that re-wrote it to sound more like me, more like a typical, mature, 40 year old tech writer wrote it, I'd probably be feeling sympathetic to the author. So I admit I'm really just rejecting the writing style and the "wassup bro lmao suck my dick bro lol bro bro" attitude. Re-written, I'd probably be pretty solidly behind this guy.
I feel like it's not really generational, I remember bros like this when I was on IRC as a kid and we were all hacking around on stuff and winnuking each other or whatever. Some of them actually grew up and did real things which is always cool to see (I have plenty of said ppl on LinkedIn who are now crazy successful), and then yeah lots of 'em who uhhh, went in other directions.